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To: lkj who wrote (3556)	8/26/1998 9:45:00 AM
From: bob	Respond to of 10309

lkj, A little more info regarding the PSC1000 and the Wind port: "PS chip a real breakthrough in processing... SV President says, in price and power consumption, the PSC1000 is one of the most advanced and powerful microprocessors we have ever seen." Quote is from the president of Sorrento Valley Systems, the company porting VxWorks to the PSC1000. Bob

To: lkj who wrote (3556)	8/26/1998 10:21:00 AM
From: bob	Respond to of 10309

lkj, Here is the entire press release regarding the Wind port: Patriot Scientific Starts Placing Wind River Operating System On Its Powerful PSC1000 Microprocessor Partners with Sorrento Valley Systems to Speed Installation Process and Marketing Thrust SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1998-- Just a week after announcing its licensing of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW - news) PersonalJava(TM) 1.1 Platform to accelerate development of its PSC1000(TM) microprocessor, Patriot Scientific Corp. (OTCBB:PTSC - news) today said it has begun installing Wind River Systems (NASDAQ:WIND - news) real-time operating system onto the chip. It said the move was designed to accelerate development of the chip, and make it more immediately marketable. ''The marketplace is telling us very clearly that the chip of choice is one which has a real-time operating system,'' said Jim Lunney, president and chief executive officer of Patriot Scientific. ''In order to respond to that reality, we have entered into two strategic partnerships. The first alliance, with Wind River Systems, allows us to use its industry-proven, real-time operating system technology to optimize development of our microprocessor for both Java-specific and other embedded applications. Our second alliance is with another San Diego-based firm, Sorrento Valley Systems. They are working with us to install, or port, Wind River Systems operating system technology onto our PSC1000 microprocessor in the fastest manner possible.'' ''Patriot Scientific's chip represents a real breakthrough in processing,'' said Ben Saidi, Sorrento Valley Systems president and CEO. ''From the standpoint of architecture, as well as price and power consumption, the PSC1000 is one of the most advanced and powerful microprocessors we've ever seen. We are excited about the opportunity to work with Patriot Scientific's engineering team in bringing this advanced technology chip to a demanding market as rapidly as possible.'' Privately held, Sorrento Valley Systems specializes in the design, development and testing of embedded, real time systems. It numbers Qualcomm, Thompson Software Products and SAIC among its key customers. Patriot's PSC1000 responds specifically to the burgeoning demand for hidden, or embedded, microprocessors. The fastest growing segment of the embedded computer marketplace is consumer products, such as camcorders, video games, television set-top boxes, fax machines, laser printers, photocopiers and cellular telephones. A recent market study by the investment banking firm of Hambrecht & Quist, estimates the market for microprocessors that drive such products will grow 30 percent annually, to 1.2 billion units, by the year 2001. Dataquest, a market research firm, believes the market for embedded microprocessors, along with embedded software will grow from approximately $15.3 billion today to $27 billion by the year 2000.